The Signficance of Insignificant Moments
How Ordinary Moments Matter Gratitude and Ordinary moments I’ve blogged before about how completing my ‘grateful list’ each day, even when I don’t feel like doing it, is important to me. I really do think that actively and consciously expressing gratitude creates positive emotions and increases personal well-being. I suppose it’s a kind of ‘you […]
‘It’s Bin Day’ – Nostalgic Word Association
‘It’s Bin Day – Nostalgic Word Association I’m sitting in Humberside airport lounge (again) waiting for yet another Cityhopper plane to fly me to Amsterdam. I am then travelling onto Bangkok. Actually I’ve just discovered an excellent website about Bangkok called www.thatbangkoklife.com and definitely plan to do some of the tourist things suggested in it, Time is […]
Things My 21 Year Old Self Didn’t Know (but not wise things!)
Tips for my Younger Self Mick sent us a Whatsapp collage of some of the photos we’d seperately sent him whilst away. We sure did miss him. Things I’d tell my Younger Self Birthday Trip to SalamancaI’m writing this blog post sitting on the plane next to Betsy, returning home from a trip taken to […]
It’s a Cop Out to Blame Fate
Do you believe in fate? https://youtu.be/LkEX_EqBeq8 Do you believe in free choice or do you think everything is pre-determined?I watched and really enjoyed the film Sliding Doors last night starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah and co-starring John Lynch. It’s made me terribly confused though as I’ve always been a big believer in free choice and it suggests that everything is pre-determined. […]
Feeling Cranky; Mood Improvement
Strategies for Mood Improvement Feeling Cranky – I need strateies for mood improvement. I don’t know why but I’ve been feeling a bit cranky for the last couple of days; nothing major just low-level grumpiness. It’s the type of crankiness that makes me feel annoyed with everyone whether they’ve done anything irritating or not. ‘Yep, […]
Colleagues as Friends – Surely Not!
Work Chums! Having fun with friends when I turned 50! Is Making Friends with Colleagues a Recipe for Disaster Living overseas and being thousands of miles from family and friends back at home, most of my friendships have been made at work. My chums and friends are often my colleagues and co-workers. I have found […]